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mrsbadcrumble:

Listen, I don’t follow pro football anymore, I know nothing about him except what everyone knows - he’s a Christian.

If he’s ever said he’s specifically praying for a win, that’s one thing (although we could have a conversation about prayer as energy and a positive force) but as far as I know, no one knows exactly what he’s praying. The fact that he’s a Christian seems to mean it’s open season for mockery.

I would never advocate mocking somebody solely because they considered themselves a “person of faith”, because I feel that on an individual, personal level, every person has the right to believe in whatever the fuck they want without interference or mockery.

HOWEVER:

If you take that personal religious belief and turn it into pageantry, inject its core message into places where it’s not relevant, and use its tenets to manipulate public policy, then I have no sympathy for you when your detractors attack.

How is praying in public pageantry? Is it the kneeling? Because that’s not an entirely unusual posture to assume during prayer. Kneeling shows reverence. It’s not necessarily because he wants everyone to look at how cool he is. There’s nothing wrong with public religious expression, as long as it isn’t antagonistic or boastful.

The link for “inject its core message into places where it’s not relevant” shows him briefly thanking Christ right before thanking his teammates. Again, what’s wrong with that? How is that not relevant? He was thanking people after a game. He felt that Jesus was a person to thank for the game, so he thanked him then. And, how is thanking Christ Christianity’s “core message”?

And, as for the last link, you linked to an article about Focus on the Family putting up a Super Bowl ad. How does that relate? Despite what the article said, John 3:16 is not just “Tebow’s Bible Verse”, it’s also the most commonly known, and most fundamental, verse in all of Christianity. That is its core message. And, even if he was clearly involved in it, how is a commercial manipulating public policy? Even the anti-abortion ad he was a part of from 2010 wasn’t related to changing government policy, it was attempting to encourage women not to abort.

I’m not trying to pick a fight, but I really don’t understand your reasoning here. As far as I can see, being open about one’s religious beliefs is not a justifiable reason to make a mockery of them at every opportunity.